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  • Bombay or Mumbai?

    Changing the name was BS. Same with Calcutta.
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    Bombay
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    Mumbai
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    I blame the English for getting it wrong in the first place.

    Mumbai? Bombay it is!
    Beijing? Peking is close enough!
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    • #3
      The British made the place. They could have called it whatever they damn well please. Mumbai sounds too much like mumble. It's bad.
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      • #4
        Bombay sounds cooler than Mumbai, but doesn't Calcutta still have its original name?
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        • #5
          Bombay
          Mumbai
          Calcutta
          Kolkata

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
            Bombay sounds cooler than Mumbai, but doesn't Calcutta still have its original name?
            It's Kolkota now. And Madras is Chennai now. Christ. Why throw away a perfectly good brand name for some Klingon version?
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            • #7
              It's Mumbai if you're not racist.

              Bombay
              Mumbai
              Calcutta
              Kolkata

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              • #8
                You're only saying that because the previous names were British.

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                • #9
                  That's only 66% of the reason.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Colon™ View Post
                    The British made the place. They could have called it whatever they damn well please. Mumbai sounds too much like mumble. It's bad.
                    Euros, going places, ****ing them up, and calling it "discovery" and "bringing civilization". If you jackwagons had stayed put, we'd have nice peoples like the Comanche instead of having putting up with Texans.
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                    • #11
                      You're only saying that because the previous names were British.
                      Apparently 'British' isn't a race. Who knew?
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                      • #12
                        Better question:

                        Hollandia vs Jayapura
                        Batavia vs Jakarta
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
                          Apparently 'British' isn't a race. Who knew?
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                            Who cares?

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Tuberski View Post
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                              Who cares?

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